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Managementby StaffJune 3, 2015

School bus attendant wins district’s annual transportation award

Patti Hyman, who has worked for Fairport (N.Y.) Central School District for 10 years, is named Pupil Transportation Employee of the Year.

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Managementby StaffJune 2, 2015

Driver shortage causing delays up to an hour for district

Last week, about 20 bus routes for South Bend (Ind.) Community School Corp. needed to be covered by substitutes or transportation department employees. The district needs to hire at least 30 drivers.

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Managementby StaffJune 2, 2015

App offers data organizing feature, GPS fleet tracking

Sunray users can now create unlimited work areas for data in various areas in their own unique locations in the database. Followmee’s GPS tracking application is also integrated into the app for fleet management.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonJune 2, 2015

Assistant transportation director earns NAPT certification

Penny Fleming of the Transportation Joint Agreement in Crystal Lake, Illinois, becomes one of 152 certified directors of pupil transportation in the U.S. and Canada.

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Maintenanceby Thomas McMahonJune 2, 2015

88% of Missouri school buses pass initial inspection

The percentage is up nearly four points from last year’s results in the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s annual school bus inspection program.

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Managementby Martin BureauJune 1, 2015

Canadian associations merge, continue tradition of education

In 2014, two bus transportation organizations in the province of Québec became one entity, creating the Bus Carriers Federation. The merger will help the industry handle possible contracting renewal challenges and continue a critical safety campaign.

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Special-needs bus driver, aide, rescue student’s father suffering stroke

An Alabama bus driver and aide noticed something was wrong when a special-needs student’s father did not show up at her bus stop. They found him in his home suffering a stroke and got him help in time to save his life.

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Special-needs student wanders from school bus

In New York, a 6-year old with autism ran from his bus after it stopped at his school. The bus aide tried to catch up with him, and police eventually found him safe more than 30 blocks away.

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California special-needs conference rescheduled

The state’s two-day Transporting Passengers with Special Needs conference that was scheduled for Nov. 17 and 18 will now be held Dec. 8 and 9.

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Safetyby Thomas McMahonMay 29, 2015

School bus duo protects girl from ‘stranger danger’

When Gwendolyn Brinson and Kathy Ritter saw that a girl who usually walks home by herself was talking to a man in a truck, they took actions that helped lead to the man’s arrest on a lewd behavior charge.

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